Information

  • In the PLANTA documentation a distinction is made between user and customizer menu items, whereas user menu items are also displayed to customizers.
  • The composition of the menu items in the menu bar and in the toolbar is generally configurable and can be compiled by the administrator for individual users or user groups.
  • On this page, the menu items for customizers are described.

 See also: Menu Items For Users 

Menu Bar

Form Editor

Information

  • Controls the form editor options.
Menu itemSub-menu itemIDButtonShortcutDescription
Customizing mode

315


Activates the customizing mode. If you click on the button once more, the customizing mode is deactivated.
Form

7


Description
Horizontal layout

8


Description
Vertical layout

9


Description
Align left

323


Description
Align right

324


Description
Align above

325


Description
Align below

326


Description
Center horizontally

327


Description
Center vertically

328


Description
Adjust horizontal intervals

329


Description
Adjust vertical intervals

330


Description
Same width

331


Description
Similar height

332


Description
Similar size

333


Description
Horizontal automatic. layout

334


Description
Vertical automatic. layout

335


Description
In the foreground

336


Description
In the backgound

337


Description

 Extras

Menu itemSub-menu itemIDButtonShortcutDescription

Option Module for MV



CTRL + ALT + DOpens the Option module for MV in which you can change the customizing of module variants.
User's Module Variants



Opens the User's Module Variants module in which the individual module variants of the logged-on user are displayed. The header data of module variants can be edited.

 Tools

Menu itemSub-menu itemIDButtonShortcutDescription
IronPython Console

365


Opens the IronPython console
Edit activated module



F9Opens the activated module in the Modules module after you have confirmed the Load customizing for activated module? dialog message.
Edit activated data area



CTRL + F3Opens the activated data area in the Data Areas module.
Edit activated data field



ALT + SHIFT + DOpens the activated data area in the Data Field module.
Create/Edit Charts



Opens the Chart Customizer.

Translation Module




CTRL + UOpens the active module in the Module-Related Translation module after you have confirmed the Open translation module? dialog message.
Indirect Modules



CTRL + IOpens the Indirect Modules module.
Variables



F6Opens the Variables module.
Save module customizing

14


Saves the customizing of the module. If you save customizing changes in the Base module variant, the changes will be applied to all module variants. Please note the following.
Python





Start Winpdb debugger


Information on debugging with Winpdb

Connect to PyCharm Debugger


Information on debugging with PyCharm

Index Python modules


Creates the Python directory/file structure on the PLANTA server.

Python Performance Profiler


F10Opens the Performance Measuring module
Restart PLANTA service


ALT + CTRL + SHIFT + F

Is required when changes have been made to the system customizing.

  • Note: If you click on the menu item, all open client connections (sessions) are closed. During restart, new client connections are not possible.

See also: Data Dictionary and Data Items

Menu Items with Additional Functions

Information

Example

  • By default, menu item 34 Save only has the Save function. Using particular settings, you can combine this standard function with a particular action, e.g. save and refresh.

Note

  • Changes made to menu items are not visible on the user interface.